Title :
Metro area transparent WDM optical networks
Author_Institution :
Photonics Res. & Test Center, Corning Inc., Somerset, NJ, USA
Abstract :
The performance of transparent metropolitan area networks utilizing cost-effective, application-optimized, optical layer components and fiber is discussed. Results for 2.5 Gb/s and 10 Gb/s per channel bit-rates are presented
Keywords :
metropolitan area networks; optical fibre networks; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; 2.5 Gbit/s; Q-factor penalty; WDM optical networks; application-optimized components; cost-effective components; cost-effective transmitters; filter concatenation effects; limiting transport effects; optical transparency; transparent metropolitan area networks; Fiber lasers; Optical attenuators; Optical crosstalk; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical noise; Optical transmitters; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2001. LEOS 2001. The 14th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7105-4
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2001.968854
